May 12

Mother’s Day Recap

This Mother’s Day was so much fun! I got to spend lots of time with my sweet family, and get tons of hugs too. I had planned a “Thanks for Moms” party to say thank you to the Grandma’s for all that they have done for us, and Nana and Grandma were thrilled to get some extra time with the kiddos

 

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We all sat together for a big meal at the dining room table. The boy’s picked out gifts for Nana and Grandma and I made the tags.

 

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I even received a few cool gifts too. My awesome Sister (in law) gave me a gift card to a Day Spa. I can’t wait to go and be pampered, I’m thinking manicure. My Mother-in-law gave me a beautiful card, and some Starbucks funds. My Mom gave me beautiful Gerber Daisies, and stocked me up on all of the paper goods that I needed to shop for this week 😉 She must have known that Thade is using about 5 boxes of Kleenexes a week 😉

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It was such a fun day, I really appreciate everybody driving up to visit and celebrate with us. It was a beautiful Mother’s Day, and I can’t wait for the next get together : )

May 11

Happy Mother’s Day!

I just wanted to wish all of the Mommies and Grandmother’s a very Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you all get to spend the day relaxing in your pajamas and eating chocolates 🙂 Have a great day, and give your kiddos extra hugs!

I also want to wish my Mom a very Happy Mother’s Day 🙂 Thank you for everything that you do, and thanks for being an amazing Mom to the Rob and me 🙂 Big Hugs!

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 11

Oh Hail NO!

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Wow this has been one day of wacky weather. This afternoon the sun was shining bright, and all of the sudden there was a very loud sound on the roof, it was hailing! Thade ran to the door, and we watched the hail hit against the cars. When the storm had passed I ran out to collect a few of the marble sized hail, and let Thade check them out.

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This evening it has been severe storm warnings, and tornado watches. Around 4 tornadoes touched down about an hour and a half  south of us and the storms did major damage. We still have some awfully high winds this evening. I hope that the bad weather stays away, and so do those tornadoes!

 

May 10

Its Cleaning Time

Today I’m getting the house ready for company tomorrow. I’ll be serving a “Thanks For Moms” Mother’s Day dinner. We are having Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Stuffing, Chocolate Pie, and Homemade Apricot Pie, kinda like Thanksgiving in May 🙂 I’m going to get a jump start on the pies today, and spend the rest of the day cleaning up around the house. Here is the plan for today:

  • Clean Both Bathrooms
  • Bring Trash Cans to the Yard, and empty all Trash Cans around the house
  • Put away 5 loads of laundry
  • Wash all of the dishes hanging out in the kitchen
  • Make Both Pies
  • Clean the Dining Room
  • Wrap the Mother’s Day Gifts

The weather looks like it is going to be extra rainy today, so I hope to get all of the chores accomplished. We’ll see how it goes, I’m having way too much fun playing on my new laptop 😉

May 9

All I can say is WOW :)

My hubby took Thade out this afternoon to pick up my Mother’s Day gift. Thade has been looking forward to the outing with Dad, and had already told me about 50 times what I was getting . So much for the secret shopping trip 😉 I stayed home with Dylan while the boys made a run to Walgreens. When Thade came home, he ran to the door, with the biggest smile, and proudly got out all of the presents. He got me Kinoki, and Starbucks Caffe Mocha Truffles. I was so happy with the sweet gifts from my boys 🙂

James mentioned that Thade wanted to go to Sonic for a drink, I thought cool, we’ll wait until 2:00 p.m., and get the half-off happy hour drinks. James watched Dylan and Thade and I headed off to Sonic. When I came home James and Dylan were waiting at the door. Dylan was waving, and James had a huge smile on his face. We went inside and James said to put the drinks down, he had a surprise for me, and it was in the dining room.

I had no idea what was going to happen next… He said that he had my actual Mother’s Day gift waiting for me, and I was a bit puzzled. I walked into the dining room and looked on the table, and there I saw a brand new laptop. I burst into tears, it is just too amazing. I still can’t believe that he got me a new laptop, I’ve been babying mine along for over a year 😉 It is just the most incredible gift.

I am so thankful for my amazing hubby, and my precious boys. They make everyday so special, and they really surprised me this Mother’s Day.